Great Gardeners

Jared and Kamryn have been very interested in helping out in the yard this year.

They were excited to go out and WEED

and then couldn't wait to help plant the flowers

They did a great job

and made some nice patterns with the flowers

Spring Soccer

Jared with his medal 

he got at the end of the soccer season

(I was at race for the cure so I missed his last game

and didn't get a team picture)

Kamryn with her team

at their last game

He's a sleepy boy

Jared is just like his dad - he can fall asleep in an instant

 and can sleep anywhere

this one is my favorite

i came home from a meeting

to find him asleep like this

Mother's Day

I had a nice Mother's Day - just no pictures from the day.  Paul and I have been looking for a temple picture for our home for a long time and we finally found one we both really like.  My mom gave me some money for mother's day (that seems really backward but I'm very grateful for it) and I had some reward money at Costco so I bought this beautiful photo of the Salt Lake Temple.  I love looking at it every day.

Celebrating their birthdays at school

Jared at school on the day before his birthday

Kamryn at school the day before her birthday

I try hard to help Jared and Kamryn feel special on their birthdays.  This year their birthdays were on a Saturday (the day before Mother's day) so it was kind of a crazy weekend.  Their teacher and class celebrated on Friday.  They each brought in a treat for their birthday - their class loved that.  Jared brought mini brownies and Kamryn brought mini red velvet cupcakes.

Race for the Cure

My sister, Susan, and I did Race for the Cure last year and it loved it so much we wanted to do it again.  She organized a great team and even had these shirts made for us - the back says:

SAVING 2nd BASE

 We got to the starting line a little late and had to get going right away.  Once we got over to the sidewalk we found some room to run. Susan and her trainer friend Amy really took off and cruised.

 This was the last time I saw Susan.

She kicked my trash

 I tried to get a shot of all the people out running

for this great cause

 This little girl was so cute

She was out running ahead of her dad 

and she was going fast

I tried just to keep up with her and it about killed me

 At the finish line

Showing that I was running 

in Celebration of my mom

1st Grade Mother's Day Picnic

The tradition at Jared and Kamryn's school in first grade is they have a mother's day picnic.  We had a great picnic and had a fun time together.  They'd been wanting to have SUBWAY so I picked up our sandwiches and then met them out on the lawn for a nice time in the sun.

Feeding Frenzy

My poor family has been very sweets deprived.  I've been doing a weight-loss challenge for most of this year and so I don't make desserts very often and I don't have treats in the house.

So when I brought this one strawberry trifle home from a RS meeting they all descended upon it like vultures. It was funny watching them.

First Race of the Year

Jenny M and I are training to run the American Fork 1/2 Marathon in June.  As part of our training run this past Saturday we did the Salt Lake Running Co FREE 5K run.  Its a great deal - you get to run the 5K for free and you get a shirt too.  Our awesome husbands decided to join us so it was a fun double date.

Our awesome friends, Harold and Leslie, were there to cheer us on

and got some pictures of us at the end of the race.

Ryan, who was running a race for the very first time ever, beat us all with a finish time of 27 min!

Jenny beat her goal of finishing in under 30 min.

I finished in 31:40, which was better than I expected.

Paul came in just a couple minutes later, pretty good for a guy who only runs on Saturdays.

Layton Dinner

Last week was the Layton shareholders dinner.  Last year Paul was out of town and missed it and I went by myself.  This year I was glad he was going to be in town so we could go together.  Well it ended up that he had to be out of town again so I had to go alone again.
Well, Paul's bosses (all 3 of them) took good  care of me and made sure I was never alone.  I ended up sitting at the "healthcare/Nashville" table with all the guys.  I was there with 7 dates - pretty good odds.  Paul enjoyed the text updates and these pictures his boss sent to him.  It was a nice evening and since I was the only woman at the table I also got to bring home the centerpiece.

Pretty in Pink

Kamryn and her friend Leah

at church

in their matching

pink dresses

Early Birthday Present

Jared and Kamryn at Walmart

with their new bikes

which were early birthday presents

Study Buddies

Jared and Joel

Kamryn and Sephora

Jared and Kamryn are in the same class for 1st grade.  

One of the activities they have is STUDY BUDDIES,

where they are paired up with a 5th grader

and do an activity together every Friday.

Up!

Paul and I were asked to help out on the committee for the ward fundraiser.

The theme was the movie UP

so he made these cute little wood houses

and then we attached several balloons to the house

just like in the movie

It really made for a cute evening.

Kamryn

My cute Kamryn

all dressed up for Easter Sunday

Spring Break - Easter

We had our traditional Easter fun at the cabin this year:

We did an Easter Egg Hunt

and colored Easter eggs (at least 8 dozen eggs were colored)

and had a the traditional hunt for the baskets with clues.

Kamryn with her favorite egg

Jared with his favorite egg